Justice Holmes Retires from Supreme Court at 90
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes retires from the Supreme Court at age ninety after a storied public career. He is praised as a great jurist and a noble man whose life was devoted to public service, mercy, and the rights of humanity. His age enhanced his insight, and ill health forced the retirement, though his work endures for generations.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Holmes
Life in the Country and Farm Population Pressures
A reflective piece argues rural depopulation strains food supply and emphasizes making rural life attractive. It notes farmers move to cities for easier money, concerns over education, and calls for policy focus on sustaining farm life and reasonable food costs.
Visions and Hopes for a Reborn Nation
A Virginia countryside trip inspires reflections on optimism, cooperation, and renewal. The speaker notes thriving farms and restored historic homes amid prosperity, credits farmer cooperation and coordinated crops for better times, and cites Denmark’s postwar revival as a parallel, urging collective effort for future progress.
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Accomac
Northampton
Virginia
Atlantic
Chesapeake
Denmark
Prussia
England
Germany
Italy
Vision of cooperative world growth and disarmament
The piece argues that cooperation among farmers and nations brings practical gains in markets, housing, education, and living standards. It cites cooperatives in Scandinavia Holland Belgium and U S regions, and links unity to reduced armaments and shared progress. It envisions a Tree of Life through global collaboration and disarmament progress in Geneva.
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Holland
Belgium
Denmark
England
United States
Florida
California
Canada
Virginia
Peninsula
Geneva
Return to First Principles by Governor Ritchie of Maryland
Governor Ritchie argues for a return to fundamental principles, faulting federal overreach and the erosion of state powers. He decries heavy taxation, public ownership, and expansive government, urging minimal government and maximal freedom to preserve private initiative and liberty.
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Ritchie
Maryland
Congressional Waste Speech Targets Farm Aid And Centralization
Representative Michael J. Hart of Saginaw discusses agricultural appropriations on a nationwide NBC network program on Sunday January 31 at 1 p.m. EST. The talk critiques farm aid spending as overproduction and market distortion, urging reductions as part of Sentinels of the Republic’s series on government waste and tax increases.
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Congress
Michael J. Hart
Saginaw
Michigan
Hart
National Broadcasting Company
The
Sentinels of the Republic
Getting New Business Through Advertising Hustle
The firm must continually win new customers as population shifts and habits change. Relying on past buyers leads to slow trade decline unless an energetic advertising push attracts new customers. A steady campaign draws inquirers and offsets customers who drift away, even with small ad space.
Newspapers endure as intelligent advertising tools
The piece argues newspapers won t be displaced by talking pictures radio or handbills. It asserts newspapers fill a need and improve with editor and publisher experience. Intelligence in advertising means direct honest and properly directed messaging, not gimmicks.
Improving Rural Roads in Farm Relief Efforts
The piece argues that poor rural roads hinder farm families, urging extension of the good roads movement into countryside areas. It cites asphaltic surfaces as affordable, safe solutions and stresses road quality over traffic volume in achieving lasting farm relief and efficient transport for people and goods.
Editorial notes on canal routes and costs to Congress
A Hoover administration report on enlarging the Panama Canal and on the feasibility and cost of a Nicaraguan canal was sent to Congress. The 1929 surveys weighed dredging needs and long term traffic, noting Panama’s shorter route and earlier promises with lesser annual upkeep.
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Congress
Hoover
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
Panama
Arthur Colquhon
Feasibility of a Nicaragua Canal Debate Reemerges
Congress weighs a $700 million Nicaragua route study with a ten year build plan leveraging the San Juan River. The piece notes declining traffic in 1931 and questions long term need, possible diplomatic gaps, and the impact on world development amid fiscal strain. Washington’s peace rhetoric and a Geneva disarmament drive accompany civic petitions from 47 nations, while calls for governmental efficiency frame the policy debate.
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Nicaragua
Coloni
Pacific
Congress
Pannina Canal
Washington
Geneva
Burrsville Dinner Guests Listed by Mrs. Fountain
A long list of Burrsville families and guests visited Mrs. C. N. Fountain last week including the Staffords Diefenderfer Powells Raughleys Bullocks Austine Stafford Garretts Thawleys Stevens Murphys and others. Also noted were visits by the Prices of Harrington Hopkins and daughter Pauline Osbourne Harvey of Philadelphia Blades and Blades family in Hillsboro and Nettie Satterfield hosted by Mrs. L. H. Thomas. J W Thawley of Greensboro called on relatives Sunday.
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R. H. Stafford
Ray Stafford
Nathan Diefenderfer
Bessie Chambers
Easton
Fred Powell
Harrington
Alfred Raughley
W. T. Bullock
Austine Stafford
A. T. Garrett
Robert and
Crawford
John Thawley
J. L. Stevens
Harry Murphy
Andersontown
C. N. Fountain
Lawrence Price
J. W. Price
Howard Hopkins
Pauline
Baltimore
Osborne Harvey
Philadelphia
Charlie Harvey
G. L. Blades
Harlan Blades
Hillsboro
L. H. Thomas
Hobbs
Nettie Satterfield
J. W. Thawley
Greensboro
Receiver and assistant list assets of closed Delaware bank
Alonzo Tweedale as receiver and Edward Brown his assistant engage in listing assets of the People's National Bank at Lauer Delaware, the bank that recently closed. The receiver took charge by order of the comptroller of the currency, replacing the bank examiner who had been on site since the closure.
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Alonzo Tweedale
Edward Brown
Lauer
Del
People’s National Bank
The Laborer in the Vineyard and Spiritual Fruits
A concise reflection notes that spiritual facts realized in happiness health and peace arise from laborers in the Master's vineyard. It frames success and freedom from worry as fruits of faithful labor and trust in divine provision.
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Christain Science Monitor
Twenty Five Years Ago Chronicle of Local Deaths and Events
Twenty five years ago the town faced a chilly morning as temperatures dipped below ten. Easter and Palm Sunday dates moved early this year. Frederick Bennett Jr of Wilmington died of typhoid in Middletown at 23, after visiting Denton. W W Walls of Ingleside, a retired farmer, suffered a severe paralysis. A Wickman farm dwelling near Wickman Breeding caught fire, forcing the family to flee in nightwear with substantial losses. The Progressive Euchre Club hosted by Miss Ann Eliza Garey at Cloverdale featured prizes for both sexes and a large guest list. A Hickman M E Church wedding united James R. Wooters and Sallie D. Peters with a reception. Several couples announced marriages and social gatherings, including Minnie F Bullock and Charles Alonzo Wright, and Harry Quillen with Mary Elizabeth Thawley. Bank stockholders re-elected directors at Caroline County Bank in Greensboro, with D J Zancharias elected president amid health issues for William H. Deweese.
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Mercury
Frederick Bennett Jr
Frederick Bennett
Wilmington
Middletown
Denton
W. I. Anderson
W. W. Walls
Ingleside
Leslie Walls
Attoke
Wickman
Washington Breeding
T. W. Downes
Euchre Club
Edwin M. Garey
Albert G. Towers
Lawrence B. Towers
William H. Anderson
H. Earle Smith
Ann Eliza Garey
Elizabeth Garey
Lucy Garey
Mary Garey
Vashti Louise Garey
Clara Wilson
Nellie Richardson
Ida Downes
Laura Wix
Katherine K. Hobbs
Clara Hobbs
Bertha Stewart
Helen Barnhart
Ella May Nuttle
Mary Frances Horsey
Louise
Ann Dukes
Jessie
Aimee Jones
Messrs
T. W. Jones
Bennett Todd
Alda P. Whitby
Saulsbury Garey
George E. Saulsbury
T. Fred Towers
F. N. Nichols
Ernest G. Cooper
Bradford Downes
T. Alan Goldsborough
William H. Nuttle
Enoch George, Jr
Hickman M. E
James R. Wooters
Sallie D. Peters
A. A. Bichell
Della Peters
Thomas H. Wyatt
Elmer W. Deen
Thomas Cahall
Burrsville
Mary E
Richard Peters
A. E. Cooper
Somers Blake
Thomas R. Green
Wm. A. Smith
Harvey L. Cooper
Wm. D. Uhller
Howard Pastorfield
W. C. Lednum
W. T. Thawley
Andersontown
S. P. Shipman
Emma Cashe
Queen Anne’s
F. R. Owens
Henry M. Cade
Philadelphia
Woodbury
N. J
Owen C. Blades
J. E. Gibson
Robert Jarrell, Jr
Goldsboro
Jonas Shaner
Ridgely
Jacob Price
Harrington
F. A. Porter
D. J. Zancharias
William TI. Deweese
Nathaniel Horsey
S. H
T. Clayton Horsey
L. Irving Jones
A Vote on Oysters in Briggs Family Dish
The Briggs family debates oyster dishes with Mother Briggs pushing for new tastes. Recipes include oyster stew and escalloped oysters with detailed steps, butter, milk, cream, and bread crumbs.
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Briggs
Tom Jr
Bill
Mother Briggs
Dot
Letter from Indiana reader Hobbs in Gaston to Denton Journal
A Gaston Indiana resident Ed H Hobbs writes to the Denton Journal from January 24 1932 thanking readers and noting mail from East Coast acquaintances. He recalls family connections and old neighbors, mentions Burrsville Concord and Ridgely, compares meat prices, and describes unusually mild weather with frequent rain and blooming flowers.
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Thomas
Nathan
James Hobbs
Hebron Outten
Burrsville
Concord
Ridgely
Indiana
Ed. H. Hobbs
Gaston
Ind
Club Meeting Selects New Officers At Mrs El mer Robinson Home
A lively club gathering at Mrs El mer Robinson's home on Tuesday afternoon saw all members present except three due to illness. Officers were re elected for another year with Miss Mae Lockerman filling Mrs Lyden's food project demonstrator role. New programs and hostesses were named, a new annual stunt introduced, and February meeting moved to one hour earlier hosted by Mrs Blaine Bullock for an earlier perennials lesson. Mrs Robinson served fruit doughnuts and coffee.
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Elmer Robinson
Food Project
Mae Lockerman
Lyden
Blaine Bullock
Robinson
Chester Scott
Sarah Sutherland
Ladies Aid Society
Laura Smith
Federalsburg
Sidney Collins
Alvin Meredith
Sympathize with the dull child in daily life
The piece argues slow pupils are not stupid but misunderstood and deserve sympathy from parents and teachers. It urges gentle support, private praise, and patient self reform by caregivers to help backward children develop confidence and hidden abilities. A slow pupil’s eventual growth is possible with kindness and effort.
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Molly
Betty
Johnny
Legalized Leap Year and the Humble Hog Tale
A fragmented essay uses satire on leap year to discuss housing, love, and economics. It blends legal ancient precedent with cautionary hog husbandry and sanitation, noting how Home, debt, and farm life intertwine, highlighting sanitary hog keeping to prevent cholera outbreaks.
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Scotland
Maryland
Slats Diary A Boy’s Cheery Week Of Small Habits
Friday to Thursday entries describe daily scenes from a boy named Slats. Observations include neighbors, school curiosities, a failed plate search at a buffet, a misheard playground incident, Jane cleaning him, a theft case involving Jobe Flatter, and remarks on Mr Millett the octogenarian.
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Ant Emmy
Jake
Jane
Millett Witch
Emmy
The Journal Invites Fine Printing Style and Craft
The Journal advertises wedding invitations visiting cards and engravings urging neat work with the latest style type. It suggests careful design and quality to satisfy discerning customers seeking credible writing and printing.
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